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Pandale, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Del Rio Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76943. It lies near Two Section Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Pandale quadrangle.

Pandale within Val Verde County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Pandale between 2008 and 2014, burning about 15,337 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural2
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 August 2008Natural175 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2008Natural175 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 April 2014Debris and open burning14,987 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMALONE FIRE

Every fire recorded in Val Verde County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pandale: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mills Ranch MineManganesePast ProducerPyrolusite, Wad
Mills Ranch Mn ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Howard Draw Barite ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
Howard Draw MineBarium-BaritePast ProducerBarite
Mills Ranch Barite ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
Mills Ranch MineBarium-BaritePast ProducerBarite

Every working recorded in Val Verde County

Storms near this place

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pandale in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2016: 20 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 1996HailPandale$3,000no account filed
May 2016HailPandale-A thunderstorm produced large hail starting around 7:05 p.m. and ending at 7:30 p.m. The largest hail during this time was golf ball size.
July 2010Flash FloodPandale-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding. Four to five feet of water covered a portion of Blue Hills Road between Comstock and Pandale.
May 2009HailPandale-Dime to Quarter size hail was reported by the Co-op observer.
April 2009HailPandale-Golf ball to baseball size hail was reported south of Pandale.
June 2009Flash FloodPandale-There were 15 campers rescued from rising water in the Pecos River Gorge.
May 2007Flash FloodPandale-Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced general 1 to 2 inch rain amounts over northern Val Verde County, with up to 4 inches near Juno. SH163 was closed near Juno due to flash flooding.
May 2007FloodPandale-The Pecos River at Pandale Crossing crested at 11.73 ft at 2130 CST on May 10, where flood stage is 5 ft.
May 2010HailPandale-no account filed
May 2009HailPandale-no account filed
April 2009HailPandale-no account filed
April 2009HailPandale-no account filed
April 2008HailPandale-no account filed
May 2008HailPandale-no account filed
May 2007HailPandale-no account filed
February 2005HailPandale-no account filed
April 2004HailPandale-no account filed
June 2003HailPandale-no account filed
June 2003HailPandale-no account filed
June 2003HailPandale-no account filed
April 2002HailPandale-no account filed
March 2002HailPandale-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindPandale-no account filed
May 1997HailPandale-no account filed
May 1997HailPandale-no account filed
May 1996Flash FloodPandale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Val Verde County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hackberry Crossing6.1 miles6
Pumpville19.3 miles8
Osman20.9 miles8
Juno23.2 miles6
Langtry25.9 miles8
Bakers Crossing26.3 miles7
Shumla29.0 miles7
Lull32.8 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378828. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.